12:00 pm

“Walking Together” weaves together prose and poetry on the topic of cultural experience with original music composed by Catherine Dalton. Featuring Margaret Humphrey, violin, Kirsten Whitson, cello, and Bjorn Grina-Shay, percussion, the compositions underscore texts by poets such as Peter Blue Cloud, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Kao Kalia Yang read by people representing the diversity of [...]

7:00 pm

Familial Music SPCO Music Alive Composer-in-Residence Lembit Beecher’s piece Small Looking Up, about looking up to his older brother, is featured in this program about family. The program also includes a work by SPCO Principal Horn James Ferree, written for the birth of his nephew, and a string quartet Robert Schumann wrote for his wife Clara’s 23rd birthday.

7:30 pm

Formed in 2003, Red Planet plays innovative jazz sounds with a strong emphasis on creative interactivity for the 21st Century. In addition to its personalized original material, Red Planet is known for its unique interpretations of the music of John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, & Jimi Hendrix. Jazz Police says, ‘One of jazz’s most innovative threesomes!’

Music Joel Puckett | Libretto Eric Simonson Commissioned by MN Opera as part of its New Works Initiative. One of the most notorious scandals in American history comes to life in this new major league opera. The 1919 Chicago White Sox were arguably the best team in the game, but they were also the most [...]

Join The Cedar and Alliance Française for VIVE LE REMIX!, a dance party featuring Moroccan-American mutlimedia artist, musician, and video DJ, HAT (Hatim Belyamani) with Hello Psychaleppo, presented as part of Alliance Française’s Mois de la Francophonie series. HAT Since 2012, HAT has continued to unite artists in an ever-evolving audio-visual dance between traditional music [...]